Histiocitosis de células de Langerhans pulmonar: Caso clínico

dc.creatorOSSES A,RODRIGO
dc.creatorGONZÁLEZ B,SERGIO
dc.creatorAGUIRRE Z,MARCIA
dc.creatorSALDÍAS P,FERNANDO
dc.date2011-02-01
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dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872011000200014
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/404747
dc.descriptionAdult pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a rare disorder of unknown etiology that occurs predominantly in young smokers, with an incidence peak at 20-40 years of age. In adults, pulmonary involvement with Langerhans cell histiocytosis usually occurs as a single-organ disease and is characterized by focal Langerhans cell granulomas infiltrating and destroying distal bronchioles. We report a 23-year-old asymptomatic male smoker with a non specific interstitial infiltrate found in preventive chest X ray examination. A high resolution chest CT scan showed multiple cystic structures predominating in the upper lobes, with small centrilobular nodules. A transbronchial biopsy showed a lymphocytic lung infiltrate with Langerhans cells. A surgical biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis. After six months of follow up, the patient is in good conditions.
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dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.139 n.2 2011
dc.subjectDendritic cells
dc.subjectHistiocytosis, Langehaus-cell
dc.subjectTobacco smoking
dc.titleHistiocitosis de células de Langerhans pulmonar: Caso clínico
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